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In 1863 Johnson produced The Oriental Races and Tribes: Residents and Visitors of Bombay, which is thought to be the earliest ethnographic work to make use of photographs.
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The Oriental Races and Tribes, Residents and Visitors of Bombay, Volume I: Gujarât, Kutch and Kâthawâr, London: W.J. Johnson, Bolton and Barnitt, 1863
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WILLIAM JOHNSON
The Oriental Races and Tribes, Residents and Visitors of Bombay, Volume I: Gujarât, Kutch and Kâthawâr, London: W.J. Johnson, Bolton and Barnitt, 1863
One volume comprising twenty-six composite albumen prints, 9 x 7 in. or the reverse, mounted one-per-page on two-tone card with printed titles, title page, illustrations list, preface and letter-press descriptions by William Johnson, red leather, titled in gilt on cover and spine, g.e., 16½ x 12¾ in.
The Oriental Races and Tribes, Residents and Visitors of Bombay, Volume I: Gujarât, Kutch and Kâthawâr, London: W.J. Johnson, Bolton and Barnitt, 1863
One volume comprising twenty-six composite albumen prints, 9 x 7 in. or the reverse, mounted one-per-page on two-tone card with printed titles, title page, illustrations list, preface and letter-press descriptions by William Johnson, red leather, titled in gilt on cover and spine, g.e., 16½ x 12¾ in.
Literature
Gernsheim, Incunabula of British Photographic Literature 1839-1875, p. 39; Worswick and Embree, The Last Empire, pp.4-5